Re: kernel is using 50M of memory
brian moore wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 12:44:27PM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > I was looking at the memory usage (gmemusage, and /proc/meminfo),
> > and I was noticing that 'linux' was using nearly 50m of memory. I
> > was rather disturbed, and wondering why
>
> Um, /proc/meminfo doesn't say how much the kernel is using (well, not
> directly, anyway -- you can derive it by subtracting how much RAM is in
> your system from the 'MemTotal' portion).
>
> Why do you think it's using 50M? Sure -you- aren't using it?
Um, the best way to get a ball-park estimate of how much memory in use
is to run `free'.
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